What I was missing in my Elite:Dangerous setup were some important buttons. My Thrustmaster simply doesn't offer enough of them. I've tried powergrid, a Smartphone app, that gives you more buttons (Basically a virtual keyboard with a lot of other cool features, btw.), but my cellphone is not that large and the virtual buttons just don't feel right ...

Last week I found an old controlpanel in the trash, perfect for some extra Buttons:I heard of a electronic switching offered on Ebay called "Zero Delay Arcade USB Encoder"--- A PCB that turns anything into an joystick ... for just 7 â¬ including the cables and Pollin offeres the Buttons for 6 â¬.No Soldering was required, the USB encoder had the fitting connections. My dads old Labeler gave the correct retro optic, hehe.

You do not trust Apple or Google anymore? You do not want your Emails to be read by the government? Or you just care about your privacy? Edward Snowden boiled it down:

Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.

tl;dr :1. learn how to use encryption.2. only use it on devices you trust

Several times in the past I noted that you should reeeally reeeally learn how to encrypt your correspondence and recommended installing gpg. I found a good multi language instruction at riseup.net

There are a million reasons not to trust a mobile device (e.g. smartphone, handy, cellphone, cellular, whatsoever). Main reason is the unbelievable amount of devices running identic operating systems, which makes them a worthy target for hackers (any kind). And: You should not trust the big players! In a world with secret courts and extensive surveillance laws, the chance that the biggest companies are already undermined is high to sure.

So I've got this brilliant device called Pocket CHIP, a 70 $ low cost small linux device including a touchscreen, Batteries and a Keyboard. Open source and transparent.

I chose to install Alpine (an small text based open source Email client I trust), GnuPG (the oen source de- and encryption program), and a little glue logic to combine both on the Pocketchip.

Another small text based Email Client with already build in GPG capabilities is Mutt - if you think Alpine is too complicated, try Mutt

Even if there exists an Email Client with gpg support for your mobile, you should not trust it! For 2 reasons: 1st you should not trust a mobilephone at all, 2nd you should not trust a program provided by an appstore (or worse preinstalled).

It was not easy to get IMAP working on Alpine Email Client, I had to tinker a whole day to make it show, encrypt and decrypt my Emails. - But it is absolutely worth it!

The wire you transfer your Emails over now does not matter anymore, it is not readable by an iPhone, the government or any other Eve trying to sniff you (at least as long as there is no working quantum computer). If you are not at home, tether your mobile internet connection. Have no fear.

. To decrypt the message, you need a special private key. And you should only use this key on a Computer you trust...